Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On May - 20 götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee   

1987  On May - 20 wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"   

1989  On this day in history china declares martial law in Beijing   

1989  Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 20 walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top   

1989  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on May - 20.   

1990  An estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law on May - 20.   

1990  On May - 20 hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space   

1990  On May - 20 the Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth   

1991  On this day in history chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP   

1991  On this day in history soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad   

1991  The Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished on this day in history.   

1991  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1992  FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London on May - 20.   

1992  India launches its first satellite independently on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 20 rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds   

1992  On this day in history roger Keith Coleman, American convict   

1993  10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC   

1993  Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns on May - 20.   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on May - 20.   

1994  Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show on May - 20.   

1994  On May - 20 dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79   

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on May - 20.   

1996  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1997  Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies on May - 20.   

2006  Finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict.   

2007  On this day in history the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East.   

2010  On May - 20 five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.   

2010  Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome on this day in history.   

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on this day in history.   

2013  133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds   

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On this day in history birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.   

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.   

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on this day in history.   

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on May - 20.   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.   

1471  On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies   

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on May - 20.   

1506  On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55